The National Party Congress also drew the attendance of former Party General Secretaries, former State Presidents, former PMs, former National Assembly Chairmen, former Politburo members, former Party Secretaries.

Representatives of Vietnamese Heroic Mothers, outstanding professionals, the youth, and members of the 10th Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission also partook in the event.

Politburo member and State President Nguyễn Minh Triết delivered the opening speech to kick off the 11th National Party Congress.


The 11th Party Congress will discuss and adopt the platform for national construction in the transitional period to socialism (supplemented and developed in 2011); the 10-year socio-economic development strategy for 2011-2020; report on the review of the Party Statute implementation with some proposals for supplements and amendments; and elect the Central Committee./.